COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Hotel is an Imperial Porter of 8.2% strength, brewed with ale yeast (so its not a Baltic Porter, technically). Silky smooth and nicely balanced, this beer can only be found in bottles at the brewery on Saturdays, beginning December 12, as long as supplies last. We have just over 60 cases and don’t expect them to last more than 2 or 3 weeks.
In draft, we filled 65 half kegs which will be going to markets in PA, OH, MD, MA, and FL.

Backlog, sampled with Pat on tap at Theresa’s in Wayne for their Weyerbacher takeover. Poured a cola brown with average sized top. Light lacing. Notes of smoked malt, coffee, brown sugar and toffee. More complex as it warms up but a little thick in the mouth.

bottle... thanks Jeff! Pours a deep, deep brown hue with a soft, off-white head with very nice lacing....so far. Aromas of roasted malts (expected), a touch of diactyel, cereal/straw and a dry presence; not over cloying. Mouth feel is medium to full bodied with flavors of musty grapes/prunes/dates, with a minor smokiness. A touch of banana with a lingering sweetness that isn’t overbearing. Soy sauce is there, but not overwhelming as well. Carbonation is mellow. I don’t think this could age much longer than two more years as it already has some aged notes ...max! very delightful!

7/30/12. On tap at Kickbacks - vintage 2010. Rich black pour with a nice tan head that sticks and laces well. Rich roasted coffee and dark chocolate on the aroma with touches of acidic dark malt sourness. Rich dark and milk chocolate flavor with lingering coffee and roastiness. This is surprisingly good - maybe the aging?

Pours deep brown/black with a medium dark mocha head...very lively...decent retention and lacing. Aroma is roasty/burnt and has dark fruit...lightly milky, hint of bitter coffee. Flavor has a touch of dark fruit up front followed by burnt toffee or molasses, espresso, and a touch of cocoa...spicy subtle hops. Mouthfeel is very lively, medium palate, roasty cocoa dry finish with subtly spicy hops that lingers nicely.

Tasted on 4/19/11 from a 12oz bottle obtained in a trade. Pours an almost black dark brown with an average tan head that slowly recedes to thin lace and an average collar of lace. The nose is vanilla,roasted coffee, milk and dark chocolate, and a light bitterness as well. The flavor is sweet milk chocolate and vanilla up front, moving to the more roasted and bitter flavors of coffee, dark chocolate, and cocoa nibs. The body is full with average carbonation and a long coffee and dark chocolate bitter finish.

12 oz. brown bottle thanks to fbm115. A dark brown almost black beer with a nice head. The aroma is rich, fudgey, cakelike, smoke, grainy and like a spicecake. the taste has chocolate, smoke, bitterness from the roasted malt. moderately creamy mouthfeel and is very easy going down compared to other Imperial Porters and not syrupy like some.

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